Vosges Haut-Chocolat takes on 'Hunger Games'

Vosges has been tapped by Lionsgate to produce a line of chocolates to coincide with the "Catching Fire" release.

Vosges Haut-Chocolat, the innovative Chicago-based candy company, has been struck by hunger—for "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire" that is.

The company known for infusing chocolate with, say, wasabi and mushrooms was tapped by movie studio Lionsgate to produce a line of chocolates to coincide with the "Catching Fire" release. That movie, coming out Nov. 22, is the second installment of the wildly popular "Hunger Games" trilogy, bestselling books that charts a young woman's struggle in a post-apocalypse world.

There are chocolate bars that pay tribute to heroine Katniss, antagonist President Snow and gadfly Effie Snow. (What, no Peeta or Haymitch?) Then there's the collection of 12 chocolate bars, each representing a district from the book. The collection tops out at $225 with a box of 36 truffles accompanied by trinkets such as a handkerchief and vials of flavors including pearl dust and gold leaf.